Once upon a time, King Damen, the Emperor of Snaildom, created a new invention. He was working on his invention for decades and he is very pleased with his work on it.

-Damen : Ahhh. At last! My Master Piece is almost finished. I'm so proud of how my plans turned out. Do you think you can make this work?
-Blacksmith : Anything for you sir! It won't take too long, I will hurry.
-Damen : Perfect. Thank you so much!

About 3 hours later, Damen receives a call from Blacksmith. He tells Damen that his creation is now complete. Damen is very excited to see on how it turned out! He goes into his Throne Room and sits on his Toblethrone.

- Blacksmith : Emperor, I am pleased to show you your invention. It's beautiful, It's shiny, It's amazing! Anything a emperor would ask for. I give you.... The Golden Shell.

Damen gazes his eyes on that beautiful gold shell. He is amazed by the Blacksmith's work.

- Damen : Very well done sir! I will give you 10 000 gold as your weekly pay this time.
- Blacksmith : But that's over 10 times more than my normal salary! *Tells Damen very surprised*
- Damen : Ah you deserve it. This is such a great shell and you've done a wonderful job.

*The Emperor Helper, Chelsey, enters the room*

- Chelsey : Wow... Now that's a shell! Who made that!?
- Damen : The Blacksmith made it for me! I've been designing this shell for years.
- Chelsey : It's amazing. It must be worth millions!
- Damen : It's made with real gold ! And inside the shell, it smells likes toblerone!
- Chelsey : That's pretty cool! I wish i had one...
- Damen :

The next morning, Damen wakes up from his Toblerone scented bed and goes into his golden elevator to go eat. Before he goes in the dining room for breakfast, he decides to pay a visit to his beautiful shell. When he enters his secret vault, the shell is missing...

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*Chapter 2*

- Damen : All guards and knights protect the vault! Protect the kingdom! There's a burglar on the loose! He took my most prized possession!
- Knights and Guards : Sir yes sir!

Damen is freaking out. He is afraid that his shell has gone into the wrong hands. Suddenly, a piece of paper flies in the window and lands on Damen gold crown. The note says :

- Anonymous writter : Poor little Damen, his little shell has gone missing. Wouldn't be sad if his toblethrone got damaged? - anonymous

Damen is stunned by the note.

- Damen : GUARDS CHECK MY TOBLETHRONE. NOW!

*All guards hurry into the Royal Courtyard and heads to Damen's Toblethrone*

The guards are shocked. The magnificent toblethrone has been chopped into half.

*Damen enters the Courtroom*

- Damen : My.. my... MY TOBLETHRONE! It's... It's RUINED. Someone will definitely get executed for messing with the Emperor!! They will pay.

*Damen summons Detective Hashir*

- Hashir : Why am i... Woah... What happened to the Toblethrone!?
- Damen : That's for you to find out! I will keep the Courtroom locked by a spell and you and I are the only ones that can get in. I believe Snaildom has been attacked. And the person that is involved is threatning me... You will be the only detective to know about this situation. I will keep Snaildom on high alert with my guards. No one can find out about this. If you tell anyone, I will demote you from detective, take all your factions away and execute you.
- Hashir : Wow... This is a serious matter! I won't let you down emperor. Anything for you. This crime scene will remain a secret!
- Damen : I better be able to trust you. If you figure out who did this, I will proudly give you a reward.
- Hashir : Thank you emperor. Wish me luck!
- Damen : Now, i will proudly take a chocolate bath in my melted toblerones in my royal bathroom.
- Hashir : Enjoy it for me too. *laughs a little*

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*Chapter 3*

Hashir gets his magnifying glass out of his bag and starts looking around the Toblethrone and the courtroom. He makes a discovery that the pieces missing of the toblethrone has been chopped and eaten. He sees alot of black dust behind the moderator chairs also. He takes pieces of the dust with a glove for screening. Suddenly, He spots a sticker. Not just any sticker. But a sticker with a cold touch with a white and blue pattern.

- Hashir : I think the Ice ghosts had something to do with this. Since they said they are coming back for winter, It's autumn. I think they are starting to mess with us earlier than expected.
*Hashir gets his phone out*
- Damen : Hello?
- Hashir : Hi, It's me Hashir. You should come to the Courtyard right away.
*Damen summons in*
- Damen : What's the issue? Did you find anything?
- Hashir : Actually i have! I found this black dust behind a moderator chair and i found this sticker...
- Damen : Hm. Interesting. The Dust is a little suspicious but the sticker is pretty obvious. This is definitely a ice ghost symbol.
- Hashir : What do we do?
- Damen : I'm not exactly sure. Because we don't know where the ice ghosts are hiding in snaildom. I will let you continue your quest and if you find anything suspicious, let me know.
*Damen summons out*

Hashir decides to start looking out the Royal Courtroom. He goes to the Shadow woods and looks around. Suddenly, He spots a rock. A rock lighter than the others. He decides to touch it. It was freezing. He touches another rock and that one was normal. He knew right away something was up. He's gets his gloves and pushes the rock to the side. And he sees a door...

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*Chapter 4*

- Damen : So your telling me, you went to the Shadow woods and you found a door underneath a light rock? Is that what I'm hearing?
- Hashir : Yes! The rock was very cold too! Colder than someone that died.
- Damen : That's pretty cold. I will make a server lockdown. You and i will be the only ones that will be able to play.
- Hashir : Alright. it's better like that because there won't any distractions.
- Damen : Indeed. Meet me in the woods in 5 minutes.

*5 minutes goes by*

- Damen : At last. Alright, show me the door.
- Hashir : It's right here.
*Hashir gets his gloves and pushes the rock on the side once again and the door is spotted*
- Damen : Oh my. I see now. I think we should.
- Hashir : WAIT. *whispers* look there...
*Hashir points at the Shadow maze*
- Hashir : There's something moving. It's glowing too.
- Damen : It's a ice ghost. Let's hide behind this tree.

Suddenly, 3 ice ghosts came out from the maze. There were no names.

- Damen : *whisper* Undercover ice ghosts. Let's see if they will go in that door.

And they did. They got in with a special passcode. When they entered, Damen and Hashir saw a huge bright blue light. That meant that the leader was in there. The door closed and they both got out of the tree.

Hashir : Well that was pretty interesting.
Damen : Lets try to get in.
Hashir : How will we do that? We don't know the passcode!
Damen : Hm.... ahhh I know exactly how to get in. We will test which letters are colder than the others by their touch.
Hashir : Very clever! Let's do this. I will take my gloves and my sample kit.

Damen and Hashir work together and they got these letters out :

etaablry

Hashir : How will be figure this out? This won't be easy
Damen : It can't be too hard. All we have to do is make a word with these letters.
Hashir : I wish Ice ghosts didn't exist. All they do is betray us. Betrayal. It's annoying.
Damen : THAT'S IT! It's Betrayal!
Hashir : Eh!? How?!
Damen : Look! etaablry : Betrayal

Hashir types in the word betrayal and the door unlocks. They both look at each other. They wonder what will happen down there. What they will see? Who will they find? Maybe the person who stole Damen's Golden Shell and damaged his Toblethrone. Will they come out alive?



Volume 2 will come out in about 1 week!

Thank you for reading the first edition of : The Missing Shell

~Dancebear

It is AMAZING! Additionally, it is suspenseful.

Nice job on making the book. I see it took a long time making this

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